STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern women's soccer ran roughshod over Francis Marion on Friday night, taking a 5-1 win with 36 total shots in the convincing win. The result was never in doubt after the Eagles scored their first goal on 10 minutes. Georgia Southern shot early and often, placing 17 efforts on frame. In total, 24 players saw the field for Georgia Southern with seven making their season debut.

MATCH FACTS
Francis Marion (1-3-0) – 1
Georgia Southern (1-3-1) - 5

SCORING
10' – GS – Angelica Wallerstedt strikes a corner kick right-footed at the cross's far post to put the Eagles up 1-0. Her first collegiate goal came from a Nora El-Shami assist.
36' – GS – After waiting 25 minutes from the breakthrough, Georgia Southern went 2-0 up when Paige Hoover pushed another corner kick goal home. The ball was judged to cross the goal line for Hoover's first collegiate tally on another in-swinger from El-Shami.
38' – GS – Jessica Scales got her first goal of the season when she cleaned up a rebound in the danger area. A Cori Dulmage shot off the woodwork came back to Scales who rocketed the ball home to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead.
51' – GS – Just five minutes after the intermission El-Shami got her second goal of the season from the penalty spot. Scales taken down by the Patriot goalkeeper to earn the spot kick which El-Shami converted for her fourth point of the night.
67' – GS – Jennifer Wittick scored her team-high third goal with a header off a corner. Dulmage delivered the corner into the mixer where Wittick scored the goal with her head.
85' – FMU – Francis Marion denied the clean sheet attempt just five minutes from time by taking advantage of a miscue. The Eagle defense failed the clear a ball off the back line as the ball went to Shauna Griffin. She took a few touches and scored from 15 yards for her first of the season.

NOTES
- 24 Eagles played in the match with seven making their season debut.
- Nora El-Shami scored her 18th career goal, she is now tied for eighth on the career goals chart at Georgia Southern. She now has 55 career points to hold 10th place on the Georgia Southern list by herself.
- Jennifer Wittick, who scored twice against Charlotte, how has three goals on the season to lead the team. Friday's goal was her 10th career goal.
- Paige Hoover and Angelica Wallerstedt each posted their first collegiate goals on Friday night.
- On Friday Eagle Assistant Coach Kelly Farrell celebrated her birthday.

WHAT COACH BRIAN DUNLEAVY SAID
On the goals from Friday Night's game
"We wanted to establish a rhythm with tonight's game and we wanted to put together a total 90 minutes. I think that is something that we have struggled with this season. We have played really good soccer and been on the bad end of results because of mental lapses or defensive mistakes. That has cost us early on in the season, so tonight I think we showed that we were taking strides in the right direction."

On the halftime adjustments
"At halftime I told the team that one goal would get them back in the game and the thing we wanted to avoid was letting them back in the game. We wanted to establish possession and put the pressure on them. I think we did a good job of that."

On the defense
"The defense was a big part in tonight's win which was good because we spent a lot of time this week focusing on defense. One of the things I'm most happy about is that we worked a lot on dealing with balls that were in behind our back four and we played those situations well tonight."

NEXT UP
Georgia Southern will have the rest of the weekend off before taking on Winthrop on Wednesday night at Eagle Field. Kickoff in the Eagle vs. Eagle battle is set for 6 p.m. with the match available on GS All-Access. Tickets to Eagle Field are free for the final non-conference home match of 2015.

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